Colton police are investigating a late-Saturday-night stabbing death, with the victim found minutes after officers received a separate report about a fight in the area.

The first call at 10:30 p.m. Saturday was about the fight, in the area of North Colton Avenue and Virginia Drive North in the city, police said. Arriving officers did not find any evidence of a fight.

Nine minutes later police got another call, for a stabbing victim a short distance away, in the 1000 block of Virginia Drive North. The unidentified person was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Jaeger at the Colton Police Department, 909-370-5028, or Colton Police Department Dispatch at 909-370-5000.